NTRCA college written syllabus

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To illustrate the life cycle of 
important fungal genera.   
 
To compare among the major 
fungal groups. 
Chytridiomycetes: general characteristics, importance ; 
life cycle: Synchytrium.    
Oomycetes: general characteristics, importance; life 
cycle: Saprolegnia,  and phytophthora. 
Zygomycetes: general characteristics, importance; life 
cycle:  Rhizopus.  
Ascomycetes: general characteristics, importance; life 
cycle:  Saccharomyces, Penicillium.   
Basidiomycetes: general characteristics, importance; life 
cycle:  Puccinia and Agaricus. 
Deuteromycetes: general characteristics, importance; life 
cycle: Alternaria, Fusarium, Colletotrichum and 
Sclerotium. 
General characteristics and importance of mushroom. 
edible and poisonous mushroom, cultivation.  
 Plant Pathology  
- describe and characterize 
plant diseases and their causes   
 
- explain different symptoms 
of plant diseases 
 
- explain major stages of plant 
disease development 
 
- study important plant 
diseases and their causes  
 
- select appropriate control 
strategy.  
Plant disease: concept, causes; diseases triangle. 
symptoms: hypertrophy and hyperplasia, hypotrophy; 
necrotic symptoms: wilt; mildew; rusts; smuts and 
exudation. 
 
Methods of studying unknown plant disease: Koch’ s 
postulates.  
Parasitism and disease development; pathogenicity, 
stages in the development of plant disease. pathogen 
inoculation, penetration, growth and reproduction, and 
dissemination. Over -wintering and over -summering of 
pathogen. 
Control of plant disease: physical, cultural, chemical and 
biological methods. 
Selected crop diseases: symptoms, causal agent, disease 
cycle and control measures of the following diseases:  
Rice: blast and brown spot of rice.  
Sugarcane: red rot of sugarcane.  
Ground nut: leaf spot disease of ground nut.  
Cucurbit: powdery mildew of cucurbits. 
Plant disease epidemiology: role of host, pathogen, 
environmental factors  
Cell wall degrading enzymes in plant disease 
development. 
 
Unit 2 (Question 2) 10 
 Phycology  
- describe the important terms 
of Phycology 
- classify Algae into different 
taxa  
- explain habitat diversity of 
Algae  
Definition, origin, comparison with Bryophytes. 
classification based on pigment, storage product, 
chloroplast and flagella. Classification of algae up to 
class according to F.E. Fritsch (1946) and  R.R. Lee 
(1989). Economic and biological importance. 
 
Algal Habitat: Aquatic (fresh, brackish and Marine 
water) terrestrial and sub-aerial.